Science goes Public in autumn: the ZMT takes part again
15/10/2019 | Is feeding fish to attract them for snorkelers a good idea? Natalie Prinz, former master student at the ZMT, talks about this tourist attraction and the consequences for fish. You can listen to her talk on Thursday, 17 October from 8:30 pm at the...
ZMT on Kick-Off Conference of Make Our Planet Great Again Research Initiative
14/10/2019 | On the 30th of September and the 1st of October 2019, 55 international scientists met in Paris, France for the Kick-Off Conference of the Make Our Planet Great Again (MOPGA) research initiative. This Franco-German research initiative was conceived...
ZMT at the annual conference of the STS Forum in Kyoto
08.10.2019 | The Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) was part of a Leibniz Association delegation at the annual conference of the Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum in Kyoto. It’s the third time in as many years that the...
Apply now for the ZMT / IOI Winter School "Ocean Governance for Sustainable Marine Ecosystems"
07.10.2019 | We invite applications for participation in the interdisciplinary ZMT/IOI Winter School on "Ocean Governance for Sustainable Marine Ecosystems". The Winter School will take place from February 16-21, 2020 at ZMT in Bremen. The...
Future Earth Coasts: Second bi-annual meeting of Executive Committee at ZMT
24.09.2019 | From 11-13 September members of the Future Earth Coasts Executive Committee came together to discuss organizational matters and plan for the future of the Global Research Project. The Executive Director of Future Earth Coasts (FEC) Dr....
ZMT hosts meeting of Leibniz Association’s Legal and HR working group in Bremen
18.09.2019 | Over two days, ZMT welcomed members of the Legal and HR Working Group of the Leibniz Association to Bremen’s Haus der Wissenschaft. Almost 50 participants representing Leibniz institutes from all over Germany came to the bi-annual...
Exchanging ideas with Ecuadorian delegation on ZMT transfer strategy and future cooperation
12.09.2019 I Ecuador is a megadiverse country. However, despite its high biodiversity, fragile ecosystems are threatened by overuse, pollution and land use change. In order to find solutions and put research results into practice, GIZ supports...
Expedition to Curaçao: Caribbean coral reefs of the past, present and future resilience and warmer climates
29.08.2019 | A group of scientists from Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Researach (ZMT), the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences went to Curacao to gather...
Clean air for a sustainable future
22.08.2019 | With 13 million inhabitants, Manila is one of the largest megacities in Southeast Asia. At the same time, the capital of the Philippines is one of the cities with the highest air pollution worldwide: soot pollution is about 50 times...
Véronique Helfer is the new head of ZMT’s Biology Laboratory
14/08/2019 | Since the beginning of the month Dr. Véronique Helfer is in charge of the ZMT Biology Laboratory consisting of four members of staff. She will assume these management responsibilities in addition to her role as scientist in the Mangrove Ecology...